GTX 770 or R9 280X?

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Since arent games already starting to use close to the 2gb of ram the gpu has

Only BF4, but by the time 3GB vram is standard this 2 cards will be way useless.

I really don't know about that. My GTX 570 isn't useless, but it's low VRAM will make it useless well before it doesn't have the horsepower. It's already happening.

I mean, it'll always be able to do medium or so, but I can see some games on high not being particularly demanding, but wanting that 1.5-2GB VRAM in the future. A card like mine will suffer. Recommended VRAM requirements are kind of going through a climb and will likely plateau somewhere around 3GB over the next year or two.

2GB is fine for now, but as we know BF4 already wants more and it's a launch title. Game still runs okay with less, but you're taking a performance hit no doubt. I don't think it actually manifests as the dreaded "stutter", though.

I seem to be on a 2.5+ year upgrade cycle, so this is sort of a card for the long haul.

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On a side note, if you get a 7970 (or 7970ghz), you'll get free games, as well.And since 280x is just a rebrand of the 7970...

The model I'm looking at seems to be more like a 7970GHz for core OC potential. It already comes at 1GHz with a boost to 1100. I've seen some STANDARD 7970s in Canada running for about 30 dollars cheaper with some games, but I'm getting extra games and a worse card.

Also, what games come in the bundle? They don't usually say. I already have Hitman, Tomb Raider and FC3. I don't like Saints Row much, so what's left for me?

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